Container for-sterilized articles



Sept. 18, 1934. E. JOHNSON 1,974,277

CONTAINER FOR STERILIZED ARTICLES Filed Sept. 16. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1INVENTOR Eowaao JoHMsoA/ BYA TORNEYS.

Sept. 18, 1934. E. JOHNSON 1,974,277

' CONTAINER FOR STERILIZED ARTICLES F iled Sept. 16, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet2 INVENTOR Eoum no douwsofl Patented Sept. 18, I934 PATENT or rice1974.277 7 I CON A NER- 110R- STERILIZED ARTICLES Edward Johnson;Montclair, N. J., assignor to- Meinecke& Gompany, New- York, N. Y.,a-c'or poration of'Nw-Jersey Applicationseptember 16;.19'32',.Seri'alNo. 633,416 1 Claim: (C12 31 2 ---70)' ItC is well-known that'inperforming: surgical lfl to the siderof the container. The pivot is prefoperations. the: surgeonfshandsmust be absoerably intheformofiaset-screw with aknurled lutely; sterilized; In: order toaccomplish that headso that whenthescrewis turned, the latchresult-,itis-necessary to. use: a hand-brush whioh memberis loosenedvand swung to one-side and hasbeenrthoroughly and completely: sterilized.theglass member inserted; The latch member My invent-ionconsistszofaireceptacle fon hold I7 is then swung back to a right-angle position inga number of? sterilized: brushes and it: is: so with the: side of the.container andthe screw constructed that the container with the brushestightened; insidezcanabe placed" in; an autoclave or steriliz- Thebrushesarehel-d:impositionby one endof 1 ing vessel with the brushesinside of it and both the brush resting; on:a stopf-bar 19 at the sideof 65 ing the container on the wall.

slotted latch member 17 pivotally connected at the container itself andthe brushes can be the container (see Fig. 1). The other end of thethoroughly sterlized. It comprises means for brush rests on anescapement member 20 prefejecting the sterilized brushes one at a timeas erably having four vanes as shown in Fig. 1. required by the user bysimply pressing a lever This escapement member 20 is contained in a i sothat a sterilized brush will drop into his hands semi-circular housing21 secured by set-screws 22 7-0- Without having previously come intocontact with to the front and bottom of the container. The anyundesirable and unsterilized material. escapement member 20 is mountedon a shaft 20" The container in its preferred form is built to one endof which is journalled in the casing 21. hold approximately a dozenbrushes, although it The other end of the escapement member shaft may belonger if desired. The invention also extends through the contiguousside of the cas- 75 comprises a particular form of brush, means for ingmember 21 and has rigidly secured on that visually indicating whetherthe container reend of it a ratchet 22A (seen in Figs. 4, 7 and 8).quires refilling and means for detachably securing A rocker-arm 23 ismounted at 24 at the side of it to the wall of aroom. the casing 21. Tothe rocker-arm is pivotally In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 showsconnected at 25, a lever 26. The other end of 30. a near-side view of acontainer with housing the lever 26 is pivoted at 2'? to another lever28 broken away to show four brushes therein. pivoted at 29 to the bottomof the casing. The Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. lever 28 operatesagainst a coiled spring 30 10- Fig. 3 shows a catch for holding theglass cover cated between a projecting end 31 of the casing of the sighthole. and said lever. 95

Fig. 4 shows one view of a detail of the means The device operates inthe following manner. for actuating the device. When the lever 28 ispressed by hand, it throws Fig. 5 shows a far-side view of the containerthe lever 26 forward and the lower part of the with the cover brokenaway to show the mecharocker-arm 23 is released from the lower part nismfor removing the brushes. of the ratchet, whereas the upper part of theFig. 6 shows means for securing the container rocker-arm comes inconnection with another to the wall. face of the ratchet best seen inFig. 4 and pushes Figs. 7 and 8 are detailed views of the means it partway around. Complete rotation of the for releasing the brush. ratchet tothe desired degree and turning of the Fig. 9 shows a cover for placingover the operescapement member 20 to release the brush 14 ating means.is effected by the wiping of the lower part of the Fig. 10 is a sideview of the same to show the rocker arm on the ratchet upon the returnmovecatch for holding the cover on the container. ment of lever 28 toits inoperative position, as Fig. 11 is a detailed view of the means forholdshown in Fig. 8. As that end of the brush is released there is, ofcourse, nothing to hold it The device consists essentially of acontainer in the casing, and it slips right off of rod 19 into 12rectangular in form having one side 13 on the hand of the user. It will,of course, be underhinges, so that it can be opened in order to placestood that the hand-lever 23 may, if desired, be the brushes 14 in thecontainer. As shown in so constructed as to connect with a foot actuatedFig. 2, the device has an opening 15 at one side means for operating thedevice. The operating near the bottom thereof over which is placed ameans just described are hidden from view and piece of glass 16 throughwhich it can be ascerpreve t from Collecting dirt y a Cover 32 etainedwhether or not the device needs refilling cured to the side of thecontainer by a spring with brushes. In Fig. 3 is shown a swinging catchmember 33, clasping the cover over the side of the container and theother end of the 1.10

cover 32 is connected by a set-screw 34 to the casing which holds theescapement member.

The invention also comprises a new form of brush which, as shown by thenumeral 14 in Fig. 1, has depressions or indentations 35. The brushesare made with wooden backs and when sterilized have a tendency to swellconsiderably. It is, of course, necessary to have them held as firmly aspossible in position in the container. In order to accomplish that end,the container has a ridge 36 pressed both into the side of the casingand the door, and this ridge 36 engages with the depression 35 in theside of the brush and holds each brush in alignment.

The invention also comprises the following means for securing thereceptacle to the wall of a room. At the top andbottom of the back ofthe container is secured an extension 37 preferably about an inch and ahalf both above and below the top and bottom of a container. Each ofthese extensions has a keyhole slot 38 for engaging the head of a screw39 which is fastened into a member, preferably of wood 40. The strip ormember 40 may be nailed or screwed to the wall of a room. At each end ofthe member 40 is a spring clamp 41 having an aperture 42 through whichextends a screw 39. The keyhole slot 38 in each of the extension members37 fits over the screw head and the tension of the spring clamp 41 holdsthe container firmly in position.

I claim:-

A container for sterilized articles comprising a casing, an opening inthe bottom of said casing, means at the rear of said casing and near thebottom thereof for holding one end of an article, a housing in theopposite side of said casing, a shaft journalled in said housing, anescapement member secured on said shaft for holding the other end ofsaid article, a ratchet mounted on said shaft adjacent the escapementmember, an

oscillating rocker arm pivotally mounted at the lower end of the casing,one prong of said rocker arm engaging the ratchet member, a springcontrolled lever pivotally'mounted at the lower part of the casing, alink connecting said spring controlled lever and said rocker arm wherebypressure exerted on the spring controlled lever will cause the rockerarm to oscillate sufiiciently to release the lower prong of the rockerarm from the ratchet whereby one end of the article resting on theescapement member will be released'and fall through the opening and. atthe same time the upper prong of the rocker arm will advance the ratchetand escapement member one step so that when pressure is released on thespring controlled lever one end of the next succeeding article will restupon the escapement member.

EDWARD JOHNSON.

